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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On the fall night when the narrator realizes that his relationship with Gin is over, what are they arguing about?
2. What technique is employed in the phrase "and justice for all" (234)?
3. How has the narrator and Gin's relationship changed by the end of the summer?
4. On page 243, there is a reference to "Casanova." Why is this historical figure mentioned?
5. What does Gin believe is true about the dead woman on the beach?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what sense does the narrator mean that, after the night on Oak Street Beach, the dead woman was always "with" him and Gin?
2. What does Gin dream about a baby in the water, and what does she believe her dream means?
3. What scenario does Gin keep thinking about after the night on Oak Street Beach?
4. What does Gin dream about the dead woman and her grandmother's cottage?
5. When the narrator and Gin are on the beach, what does the narrator imagine the people along the Gold Coast doing, and what thematic ideas does his description convey?
6. Where are some of the places listed in the poem's opening paragraph, and how do they convey the couple's youth?
7. On page 233, the narrator describes the girlfriend's mother's car as having "a rosary twined [around] the rearview mirror like a beaded, black snake with silver, cruciform fangs." Describe the tone of this image and explain how it is related to the narrator's later description of unbuttoning his girlfriend's shirt.
8. What does the narrator say might have happened if the dead woman had washed up beside them while he and Gin were trying to have sex on the beach, and why is Gin so offended?
9. On the night in the lover's lane toward the end of the story, what does the narrator realize about his relationship with Gin?
10. What do the first paragraph's details about the father's car convey about the family's social class?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the symbolic uses of water in the story. Be sure to defend your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim regarding the theme of "We Didn't." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the symbolic significance of the lights that the police introduce into the scene on the beach. What is happening before the police arrive? What is the tone and mood? What impact do the lights have on Gin? What do they reveal about the beach? What tone and mood accompanies their arrival? Use textual evidence to back up your assertions.
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